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It’s a natural miracle, and each piece is a masterful, abstract piece of art. It’s wood. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating it. The Challenge Take a photo of wood. It can be wood grain, wood planks, wood—well, wood anything, so long as wood is the subject. The Technique In searching for tutorials…
If you’re prone to losing your keys and finding yourself locked out of the house when you get home, you’ll want to pay attention to this brilliant home mod by YouTuber oggfaba. Using hardware and lumber you can easily find at any home improvement megalopolis, they created a near invisible secret door that perfectly blends…
Cuba is officially running an undersea cable to the outside world to boost its internet connection.
Vine, Twitter’s new micro-video sharing… thing, is temporarily down, buckled beneath the weight of desk recordings. https://gizmodo.com/vine-is-twitters-new-gif-like-video-sharing-service-5978676 A Twitter spokesperson says the self-downing is temporary, but without the ability to post to Twitter or Facebook, there’s no reason to use the app. So this is something that needs to be fixed—particularly on day one.
So Vine is out, and its “Instagram for Video” schtick is novel, but it’s going to take a while for people to get the hang of it. We know that because instead of showing us the world, animated, so far everyone is just showing us… what’s on their desks. https://gizmodo.com/vine-is-twitters-new-gif-like-video-sharing-service-5978676 And you know, an infinite…
From 1978 to 1983, Korg produced the MS-20, a two-oscillator analog synth that was patchable with 1/4-inch cables a lot like a custom modular synth setup (See the original below). People liked it because of its smooth sound and because the patch panel allowed you a limited degree of customizability without needing to invest in…
Industrial Light and Magic has been in the visual effects game since the original Star Wars. And if you need any further proof that they’re still one of the top FX shops on the planet, here’s another look at the work they did to bring the Hulk to life in The Avengers. https://gizmodo.com/how-ilm-created-the-hulk-for-the-avengers-5975970 This time…
If you’ve ever seen a DJ on stage, you’ve doubtless seen them do that thing where the listen to only one side of their headphones to cue up a song. Numark just cut its Red Wave headphones in half to make this fun headphone stick specifically designed for this purpose. The $70 Numark Redphone has…
Twitter just got more GIF-friendly, by introducing Vine, a new video-sharing service for clips that are six seconds or less. Vine is an iOS app that captures both motion and sound. Translation: GIFs MP4 files that you can tweet. Yes, there are similar apps in high supply that already exist. The obvious question is why…
When you’re swooshing through the fresh powder in your secret backcounty ski spot, the last thing you want is a heavy pack strapped to your back. But you also don’t want to venture into the wilderness without the proper supplies. So the next time you hit the distant slopes, consider Dakine’s capacious new BC Vest…
I don’t know if jOBS—the biopic of Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher—will be any good, but this clip by Inside Movies actually looks pretty decent! We might have to eat our words. https://gizmodo.com/photos-of-ashton-kutcher-as-steve-jobs-confirm-how-bad-5909881 Kutcher does a good impersonation of the young Steve, and the clip seems to show the moment in which Steve Jobs learns…
BuzzFeed reports that Zuck and wife Priscilla Chan will hold a fundraiser for NJ Gov. Chris Christie—meaning that Facebook now has political ties. It also means the Republican governor has some serious Silicon Valley cash headed his way. The event—which will surely draw a throng of affluent and powerful tech figures—is likely the first of…
Last Fall BMW teased Winter Olympics fans with a concept sketch of the two-man bobsled it was designing for the U.S. Men’s Bobsled Team. But with the season officially starting this past Saturday, the design, which will hopefully help the two-man team win their first gold medal since 1936, was finally unveiled. Underneath its paint…
It’s so cold you have to duck when you walk down the street to block the wind from freezing your face. Oh wait, then your head’s iced over. You know what’ll keep it warm? This all merino wool knit cap from Best Made. This cozy hat gets its cred from tests on the frigid streets…
Amazon bought a thing that does a thing it helps Amazon do, so presumably the first thing will help out with Amazon’s thing more, we think. Ordinarily, this isn’t the kind of story we’d post to Gizmodo, but in light of the fact that there’s basically literally nothing happening in tech today, here you go.…
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal James Sauter captured the precise moment when a 120-mm mortar makes a fiery smoke ring in the sky during a training session for Operation Spartan Fury. Image by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Sauter/US Marines
This wearable sleeping bag isn’t the first time someone’s designed bedding you can stay in all day long—that honor probably goes to Selk. But it is the first sleeping bag you can wear that doesn’t make you look like you’re wrapped in a ridiculous puffy spacesuit. https://gizmodo.com/man-stuff-the-best-of-uncrate-348599 At night, Doppleganger Outdoors’ wearable sleeping bag entombs…
Real talk: Between diminishing stores and oil wars, fossil fuel-dependance is officially a bad deal. In the future, as these resources get scarcer, we’re going to have to figure out how to live in a little more harmony with Mother Earth. Here are 21 houses that are already doing it right: eschewing the power grid…
These sneakers are, according to Reebok, the “the first all-terrain athletic shoe”. They’re supposed to echo the utility of an all-terrain vehicle, and take mud, snow, grass, and sand in their stride. But let’s not ignore the fact that they look completely and utterly weird. In many ways they have all the trappings of a…
So long, Symbian! Nokia announced this morning that the 808 PureView was the last phone it’ll ship with the aging OS. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-808-pureview-hands-on-a-superb-camera-with-a-ph-5912940
